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NO Dash Lights- 68 Charger

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Need some troubleshooting help: No dash lights

Dash removed, all bulbs changed, purchased and installed rebuilt dimmer switch from reliable re-builder.

All guages work, all switches work (headlights, wiper, emergency flasher).

Next Step???
 
Power from fuse block? Easy to test and if that's it easy to fix
 
Did you check the back of the board at each bulb location to make sure you are getting power to all of them? Using a test light works well for this.
 
Don't remember the wire color off the fuse block but it's marked on the block if you can read it. u should have power to both sides of the fuse, power on one side only, it's the fuse, power on neither side and the easiest way to do it is run a jumper wire
 
found this on the internet, it looks exactly like my box in the roadrunner, should be the one on the far left

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Did you check the back of the board at each bulb location to make sure you are getting power to all of them? Using a test light works well for this.


I had this happen to me. Had a burned board that I was able to patch with some solder.
 
The power originates from the light switch, terminal "R', black wire, to the panel dimmer switch. From the panel dimmer switch, the tan wire goes to one side of the fuse. There is no power at that fuse until the light switch is "on". From the fuse, orange wires feeds the various instrument lamps including the radio light, column shift or console shift indicator, ash tray and clock light.
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Need some troubleshooting help: No dash lights

Dash removed, all bulbs changed, purchased and installed rebuilt dimmer switch from reliable re-builder.

All guages work, all switches work (headlights, wiper, emergency flasher).

Next Step???
Did change bulb sockets? The new ones DO NOT WORK. I had to remove the contacts from the old ones, file them a bit and fit them in the new plastic. New contacts are not long enough to make connections to the board.
 
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